Electreon Signs Cooperation Deals In The US, Finland

Israeli electric vehicle (EV) charging company Electreon announced that it was joining forces with two companies this month for projects in the US and Finland. The first project is a cooperation with an engineering research center to install the company’s wireless charging tech in a research test track in Utah. The second is a cooperation with an infrastructure service provider to enter the Finnish market.

First Electreon teamed up with ASPIRE (Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification), a national science foundation-funded engineering research center for a collaborative project that will see the Israeli company’s tech installed on ASPIRE’s research test track at Utah State University in North Logan, Utah. The tech will be installed to showcase and validate its functionality ahead of the company’s first public deployment scheduled for 2023 in Detroit as well as several upcoming pilot projects involving the Utah Inland Port Authority (Salt Lake City, UT) and the Central Florida Expressway (Orlando, FL).

The demonstration will examine a Class 8 Kenworth T680 Classic from Kenworth Truck Company driving 50 meters on USU’s test track with the installed dynamic in-road wireless charging hardware. 

The site will go on to serve as a live demonstration facility for departments of transportation, other government officials, current and potential industry partners, as well as Electreon’s potential and prospective partners and clients as it deploys in the US.

Electreon aims to use this project as a jumping-off point to conduct future vehicle integration programs with various automakers, significantly advancing sustainable mobility infrastructure for the nation and the world.

For the second project, Electreon intends to enter the market in Finland through a collaboration with Destia, the biggest infrastructure service company and a leading provider of charging infrastructure services in Finland. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). As part of the collaboration, they will show the wireless charging tech to potential customers by integrating the system into a commercial electric vehicle (EV).

The goal of the collaboration is to develop commercial wireless charging projects, where Electreon’s wireless charging system and related operation and maintenance services could be provided as part of Destia’s Charging as a Service solution. Destia offers EV charging solutions for businesses and professional transport, its customers include bus operators, logistics companies, vehicle manufacturers and taxi companies.